Shock footage shows flight attendant pouring champagne back into bottle
In what could perhaps be a throwback to the adage, “waste not, want not” a flight attendant has been filmed pouring a flute of champagne back into the bottle.
The footage, originally filmed by Russian passenger Yevgeny Kayumov as a way of taking in the luxury business class surrounding of an Emirates aircraft, appears to catch the flight attendant red-handed, but all is not as it seems.
A couple of people posting on Reddit, where the post was re-shared, cleared it up.
One said: "I'm a flight attendant. I think what is going on here is that the attendant is probably pouring the unused champagne back in the bottle before take off to then dispose of once the plane takes off. We're not allowed to pour things out while we're on the ground. I bet they're pouring it all back in the bottle so they can then pour it out at cruising instead of dumping it all in the trash can making it all soggy before takeoff."
Another agreed: "I can corroborate this with my own anecdote. I asked a flight attendant on my last flight what they do if nobody takes the Champagne from them before takeoff, and he said they usually pour it into an empty container (I'm assuming bottle or something) and seal it for the flight."
What’s your take on the footage?
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